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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 54-67.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bolotka answer when Zuckerman asks how he and his friends can live in such a chaotic country?
(a) Adaptability.
(b) Too afraid to leave.
(c) Lack of intelligence.
(d) Stubborness.

2. Where does Sisovsky say he arrived in Canada from in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Prague.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

3. Who does Zuckerman go to meet after attempting to meet Oldrich Hrobek with no success?
(a) Frantisek.
(b) Antonín.
(c) Bolotka.
(d) Jaroslav.

4. Who did Sisovsky's father's Gestapo officer/protector shoot in Sisovsky's story?
(a) The chef.
(b) The dentist.
(c) The pilot.
(d) The mechanic.

5. When asked for her identification card at the hotel, Olga makes a scene accusing the man of assuming she is what?
(a) Zuckerman's wife.
(b) An American.
(c) A spy.
(d) A prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of suit does Bolotka ask to try on at his apartment?

2. Who stays in the bathroom with the boy at Klenek's party?

3. This story of Eva leaving her husband foreshadows the narrator's self-discovery of what in the narrative?

4. What does Sisovsky say his father belonged to, in his meeting with Zuckerman?

5. Bolotka tells Zuckerman there are only microphones at Klenek's, not what?

(see the answer key)

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